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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sotho

/ˈsutu/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
sotho
IPA
/ˈsutu/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.

name

Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho).

noun

A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.? Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Sotho motho Sotho -sothoder. English Sotho From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, -sotho, motho

Inflected Forms

Sutho (alternative) Soto (alternative) Suto (alternative)

Phrases

Northern Sotho Southern Sotho Wiktionary’s coverage of Sotho terms

Frequently Paired Words

Basotho Lesotho Mosotho Sesotho Wiktionary’s coverage of Sotho terms

Synonyms

sotho language sesotho basuto

Questions

How do you pronounce sotho?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsutu/.
What does sotho mean?
A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
Where does sotho come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.? Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Sotho motho Sotho -sothoder. English Sotho From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

How to pronounce sotho

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